Sweat-band for head-gear.



P. & C. S. MERTON.

SWEAT BAND FOR HEAD GEAR. APPLICATION FILED ocT.15. 1913.

1,184,888. y Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

C7 BY THE MORRIS PETERS co.4 PHOTOJJTHO.. WASJJLLNCDN, D, C.

' States,

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PERCY MERTON AND CHARLES S. MERTON, 0F PARK RIDGE, NEWV'JERSEY.:

swear-Bann rca HEAD-GEAR.

niaaese.

T0 all 107mm t may concern Be it known that we, PERcY MERTON and CHARLES'S. MERTON, citizens of the United and residents of Park Ridge, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a new Band for Head-Gear, of which the` follow- Vingis a'full, clear, Vand eXact description.

This invention hasparticular relation to improvements in headgear, including hats, caps and the like,'and the invention comprehends an improved sweat band therefor.

More specifically, the invention is embodied in an improved sweat band which consists of a lower strip of leather, chamois or some similar material `which can or cannot be washed, in conjunction with an upper strip or section of cloth to match the interior of the hat or cap and t0 be sufiiciently soft and flexible so as to permit the headgear to be blocked with the sweat band therein, thus avoiding the usual crease or ridge in the crown where hats or caps are blocked with the wide leather sweat band, especially due to its sti'ness.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention resides more particularly in the peculiar combination and arrangement of parts which will be illustrated as a preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings and described-in the specification.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a conventional form of hat, the same being partly broken away and shown in section to illustrate the improved sweat band; Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical 'sectional view of a fragmentary portion of the hat shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a detail sectional elevation of the sweat band.

It is a well known fact that headgear provided with Vsweat bands as now gener-y ally employed and which consist of. a wide comparatively stift1 section of leather, cannot be secured 'within the hat or cap before the same is blocked without forming a crease or ridge in the crown, thus not vonly increasing the cost of manufacture but also resulting yin an unsightly appearance if the Specification of Letters Patent.

and Improved Sweat- Y primarily designed Y Y cloth will permit Y Patented Apr. 6, 1915..

Application led Gctober15, i913. Serial No. 795,263.

or narrow space at its lower edge where secured to the crown of the hat or cap so that the upper part, comprising a greater' porf tion of the band, is perfectly useless for the purposev for which it is designed and vresults 1n a corresponding increase of bulk and cost of manufacture anda correspond-V ing unsightly appearance. 1t is iny intention to obviate these objections, all of which will appear as the specification proceeds.

It must be understood that the device may be applied to various'types of headgear, but inthe illustrated embodiment a` soft hat is shown which is providedwith a crown 5 and a partiallystifiened rim 6 secured thereto as shown at` 7, and having a surrounding band 8 attached thereto at the point of juncture of the crown and rim.v The improved sweat lband is indicated by the numeral 9 and embodies 10 of leather, chamois a flower narrow strip or other similar ma-l terial which can or cannot be washed, and

an Lipper and relatively wide section or strip 11 of cloth or other material which can or cannot be washed but which is essentiallyj soft and flexible and designed to match the turned over the edges thereof. r1`he folds 12 are stitched as shown at 14, the stitching at the bottom being also engaged through the narrow leather strip while the strip 10 is stitched through the rim and crown, as shown at 15. r1`he function of such structure `is apparent in the manufacture of hats and caps owing to the fact that the same can be blocked with the sweat band therein, whereas at present the wide section of stiff leather will form a crease or ridge in the crown in such a manner as to necessitate the securing of the sweat band in position after the hat or cap has been blocked. In the latter case the sweat band is not blockedto properly fit the hat or cap unless re-blocked or shaped, with a corresponding increase of cost in the manufacture and the same objectionable result. In providing such sweat bands for especially collapsible ones, the the hats to be collapsed, whereas the continuous leather band will not permit this, and an advantage is derived opera hats,

10 to secure the parts of the compound sweat band together,

over the use of a sweat band constructed wholly of cloth, since the leather part is the only part which directly contacts with the head of the wearer, so that the ull benefit of such material as leather is derived in being cool and possessing better wearing qualities. The leather will also not adhere to the head and hair as will a cloth sweat pand, especially if made of silk, satin or the lie.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A sweat band, comprising a lower narrow strip of relatively stiiil material and a comparatively wide upper strip of flexible material secured to the upper edge of the lower strip.

2. A sweat band, comprising a lower anchoring strip of leather and an upper cloth strip secured to the upper edge of the leather strip.

3. A. sweat band, comprising a lower anchoring strip of leather, an upper cloth ve cents each, by

strip of greater width than the leather strips and secured to the upper edge of the leather strip and a backing of stiffening material secured to the said cloth strip.

4. The combination with an article of headgear, of a sweat band therefor including a lower strip of relatively smooth and sti material adapted to contact with the head of the wearer, and an upper strip of flexible material adapted to match the headgear and having Jfolded edge portions, said upper strip being secured to the outer face of the lower strip and adapted to permit the headgear to be blocked with the band therein.

ln testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PERCY MERTON. CHARLES S. MERTON.

Witnesses: FRED H. MERTON, A. E. lIsKENDEN.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, ID. G. 

